"descendants; Gere's ancestors include Pilgrims Francis Eaton, John Billington, George Soule, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, Francis Cooke, and William Brewster. In 1967, Gere graduated from North Syracuse Central High School, where he excelled at gymnastics and music, and played the trumpet. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst on a gymnastics scholarship, majoring in philosophy, but he left after two years and did not graduate. Gere first worked professionally at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and Provincetown Playhouse on Cape Cod in 1969, where he starred in ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."" His first major acting role was in the original"
"Men's Wrestling, Men's Rowing, Men's Tennis, Women's Ice Hockey, Men's and Women's Rugby, Men's and Women's Bicycle Racing, and Men's and Women's Fencing. Men's and Women's Downhill Skiing have been re-certified as club sports following the April 2, 2009 announcement of their discontinuation as varsity sports. There are 243,628 University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni worldwide. UMass Amherst graduates include 1 Nobel prize winner, 1 National Humanities Medal winner, numerous Fulbright, Goldwater, Churchill, Truman and Gates Scholars as well as several Pulitzer prize winners, Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award winners. Notable UMass Amherst alumni include Greg Landry, Jeff Corwin, Buffy Sainte-Marie,"
"High School soccer, track, and baseball teams. At the University of Pennsylvania, he was on the 150 lb. football team as a quarterback/linebacker until he fractured his left elbow. In 1940, his third year at Harvard Law School, he played rugby football as the left wing on Harvard's undefeated Eastern League championship team and scored three tries. In 1941 he played the same position on the New York Rugby Club. After World War II he resumed playing tennis, golf, and skiing until 1998, when he had a double knee replacement. His original 1940 Harvard Rugby Jersey is on permanent exhibit"
"hockey, junior basketball, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, wrestling, 6v6 field hockey, and 7v7 soccer. Also, lacrosse has been one of the Games’ fastest growing sports. Master divisions were created and recreational sports such as baton twirling, judo, table tennis, and badminton. The Summer Games span is six to seven weeks in June and July. Tryouts for the Summer Games are held throughout the month of June, with finals taking place in the Metro-Boston and central Massachusetts area in mid-July. Events The Future Leaders Scholarship annually awards six $2,000 college scholarships to Bay State Summer and Winter Games participants. In partnership"
"the University World Games in Izmir, Turkey in Freestyle wrestling at 66 kg. Jesse participated in the Real Pro Wrestling league representing the New York Outrage. He is the most decorated Harvard Wrestler in history and was a 2004 Bingham Award winner for Harvard’s best athlete. Some detractors suggested that because of his reliance on mat wrestling, he would not fare well in freestyle, which focuses on takedowns. Jantzen developed a series of moves on top known as the “Jantzen Ride.” Career record at Harvard 132-13, 3 time All American (1st, 3rd, 3rd). Jesse competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials"
"biking, fencing, sailing and skiing. Intramural sports include soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, volleyball and softball. The sport of Ultimate was started and named at Amherst College in the mid-1960s by Jared Kass. Although a relatively small college, Amherst has many accomplished alumni, including Nobel, Crafoord Prize and Lasker Award laureates, MacArthur Fellowship and Pulitzer Prize winners, National Medal of Science and National Book Award recipients, and Academy, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winners; a U.S. President, the current Sovereign Prince of Monaco, two Prime Ministers and one Foreign Minister of Greece, as well as Uhuru Kenyatta, the fourth President of"
"Germany. By the time he was freed, after nearly six months in captivity, Czech had lost 50 pounds. Duke Stadium, the site of the game, would later be named Wallace Wade Stadium in honor of the Duke coach. Oregon State's Gene Gray flew more than 30 bombing missions over Germany and continued to serve after the war. In 1948, his plane crashed after a flameout on takeoff in the jungles of Panama. He later likened his body to burnt steak. He had severe burns over most of his body and both his arms had to be amputated. Gray, whose arms"
"MLB pitcher Johnny Gee (Michigan), former baseball player turned sports agent Casey Close (Michigan), Pan American Games gymnast, Gold medalist Abie Grossfeld (Illinois), collegiate track and field coach Francis X. Cretzmeyer (Iowa), as well as professional soccer players Joanna Lohman, Emily Zurrer, Vanessa DiBernardo, and Britt Eckerstrom, and Indiana University baseball player Laren Eustace. Other notable recipients who did not pursue a career in sports include businessman Keith Nosbusch (Wisconsin) and NASA astronaut Michael S. Hopkins (Illinois). Big Ten Medal of Honor One of the most prestigious conference awards in college athletics, the Big Ten Medal of Honor was first"
"both football and wrestling that have still not been broken. In 1995, his father, Rick, founded Dynamite Sports, a company that guides student athletes and their families through the recruiting process. Wire graduated from Stanford University, and was the first player in modern school history to lead the team in rushing one year and tackles in another. Wire was drafted in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft (97th overall) by the Buffalo Bills. He started 15 games at strong safety as a rookie. Following the signing of Lawyer Milloy in 2003, Wire became a full-time special teams player"
"Gile to appear in two reality TV series made by Momentous. He will appear in a Bobby Earnhardt TV series tentatively titled ""Chasing a Legend: The Racing Life of Bobby Earnhardt"", and star in his own reality series. In April 2016, Momentous Entertainment Group began filming for its reality TV series ""The Quarterback Academy"". Dennis Gile Dennis ""Joseph"" Gile (born February 17, 1981) is a former American football quarterback who broke training camp with the New English Patriots in 2004, and who played two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at"
"Massachusetts at Amherst. FCS play includes Harvard University, which competes in the famed Ivy League, and College of the Holy Cross of the Patriot League. Boston University, Northeastern University, UMASS Lowell, and Merrimack College also participate in Division I athletics. Many other Massachusetts colleges compete in lower divisions such as Division III, where MIT, Tufts University, Amherst College, Williams College, and others field competitive teams. Massachusetts is also the home of rowing events such as the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond and the Head of the Charles Regatta. A number of major golf events have taken place in Massachusetts, including"
"Baseball team has sixteen conference titles and fourteen NCAA tournament appearances. The MTSU mascot is ""Lightning"", a winged horse based on Pegasus from Greek mythology. Some of MTSU's most notable alumni include politician Albert Gore Sr., Nobel Prize–winning economist James M. Buchanan, NFL quarterback Kelly Holcomb, music executive Bayer Mack, ""Nashville Star"" winner Chris Young, film director Seth Christian, country music artist Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum, composer George S. Clinton, and WNBA players Alysha Clark and Amber Holt, artist Tay Keith. Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU or MT, is a comprehensive coeducational"
"Krzyzewski, coach of Duke University, and Herb Magee, coach of Philadelphia University. On March 29, 2018 Miles was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Miles was known as a multi-sport athlete competing in baseball, football, and basketball. In 1962, he won the Oregon class 4A state championship in Football and in 1963 he was recognized as the outstanding athlete at Medford High School (Now known as North Medford). Miles received a scholarship for baseball from Oregon State University, but then enrolled at Southern Oregon State College (Now Southern Oregon University) after an injury beginning in 1964. While"
"(AFL) Team. For one season, along with Bob Fourace, he served as a color commentator for New England Patriots preseason games. At the same time Larry Garron was on the Patriots he studied various forms of martial arts. He holds rank in Kenpō (fist law), Hakkō-ryū Jujutsu, Gōjū-ryū (hard soft system), Shintō Musō-ryū, Yoshitsune Jujitsu, and Taekwondo. Larry had some talented sporting sons and nephews, including nephew Donald Garron, who won the 1981 Massachusetts All State 220 yard championship in 22.37, as well as Rufus Harris, who had a tryout with the Boston Celtics in 1980. Two of his sons,"
"on to attend Harvard College, class of 1910. There, he played on Harvard's football team as a tackle and was a member of the Porcellian Club. Standing and weighing , ""Ham"" Fish was highly successful as a football player; he was twice an All-America and in 1954 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the only Harvard man on Yale graduate Walter Camp's ""All time"" ""All America"" team. After graduating from Harvard, Fish continued his involvement in football. He donated $5000 for several awards to Harvard football players; and organized the Harvard Law School football team,"
"1990. He later worked as a television commentator, calling NFL games for NBC Sports and college football for ESPN and ABC Sports. Griese is one of three quarterbacks from Purdue to win the Super Bowl (along with Len Dawson and Drew Brees). Griese was born in Evansville, Indiana to Ida (Ulrich) and Sylverious ""Slick"" Griese. Slick owned a plumbing company in Evansville and died in 1955 when Bob was ten years old. Bob played baseball primarily, and excelled as a pitcher. He also starred in basketball and football at Evansville's Rex Mundi High School. He earned 12 varsity letters for"
"by Massachusetts and New England Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Bo Ruggiero and John Levange respectively, both of whom have over 500 career victories as head coaches. The Skippers have found recent success since 2010, reaching the state finals in baseball, lacrosse, football, boys and girls basketball, and soccer. Cohasset annually graduates athletes whom go on to play D1, D2, and D3 sports at the NCAA level, primarily in lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and soccer. Cohasset's major sports rivalries are Hull and Abington in most sports, except its hockey team (whose major rival is Norwell), the soccer team (in which it"
"(1950–78). Rugby will become the MIAA's 35th sport in 2016, following a 2015 MIAA vote that passed by a wide majority. As of 2015, there are 19 boys’ teams and 5 girls’ teams across the state, with the majority of the Catholic Conference schools fielding rugby teams. Sports in Massachusetts Sports in Massachusetts have a long history with both amateur athletics and professional teams. Most of the major professional teams have won multiple championships in their respective leagues. Massachusetts teams have won 6 Stanley Cups (Boston Bruins), 17 NBA Championships (Boston Celtics), 5 Super Bowls (New England Patriots), and 9"
"in Springfield, Massachusetts for his on-air contributions to basketball. On October 4, 2002, he was inducted into the media sector of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame at the University of Rhode Island. Most is known for three other calls. As in ""Havlicek stole the ball!"", these three were also in games played in the Boston Garden: But Philadelphia, down 91-90, had one more chance to win the game, when... The Celtics forced overtime following the miscommunication between Johnson and Worthy, won the game to tie the series at one apiece and went on to win the title in"
"studied primary school on a small elementary school in his native town. After it, he moved to Nashville where studied at Roger Williams University, then Memphis at Howe Institute in Memphis. Later was transferred to the Atlanta Baptist College (now Morehouse College) where he completed his secondary and undergraduate education. During his college career, he was a member of the debating team and the Glee Club, a star athlete in three sports, and quarterback of the football team. Offered a faculty position at the college upon graduation, he taught English and economics and served a year as acting dean. He"
"of Oxford and Cambridge, representing England, and those of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia, representing the United States. In 1895 he discovered a variation of the Kieseritzky gambit, which then became known as the Rice Gambit. He then sponsored tournaments where the opening became the starting point of each game. Emanuel Lasker and Mikhail Chigorin were two of many players who contested these tournaments, with bonus prizes for white wins. In 1904 he formed the ""Rice Gambit Association"" which published a detailed analysis of the effects of the move. Rice played White in this game against Wordsworth Donisthorpe, played in"
"Revere students are the Speech and Debate Team, who compete in the Massachusetts Forensics League, National Catholic Forensics League, and the National Forensics League, the Drama Guild, Model UN, Art Club, Book Club, Dance Team, ELL/Foreign Language Club, Friendship Club, Future Teachers Club, Gay Straight Alliance, Green Team/Community Service Club, Interact Club, Health & Fitness Club, Key Club, National Honor Society, North Shore Science League, Poetry Out Loud, Revere Culture Club, RHS Connect, RHS Newspaper, Robotics Club, Rock Ensemble, Stronghold Club, Technology Club and the Youth Empowerment Team. Revere sponsors 16 Varsity sports: Baseball, Basketball (boys and girls), Cheerleading, Cross-country"
"a hockey game between Boston U and Providence. It was the start of a long-term relationship. His college hockey work for Fox and the NCAA Tournament has garnered him three New England Emmy nominations including the 1999 Emmy for best Play-by-Play. He’s served six years as the television voice of the NCAA East Regional. 2016, his 27th consecutive year broadcasting the sport, concluded with his fourteenth turn as “Voice of the Frozen Four” on CBS Radio. Grande has called a record 16 NCAA Championship Games. Grande was recruited back to Boston in 2001 after serving three years as the television"
"as well as National Championship runner-up to Cal-Berkeley in 1981 and to Air Force in 2003. In 2009, the men joined a newly established Ivy Rugby Conference that kicked off as a separate conference in the Northeast Rugby Union. On May 14, 1874, Harvard University hosted Montreal’s McGill University at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the first recorded rugby game on American soil, which Harvard won. The Harvard Men's Team, along with the Princeton and Yale Rugby teams, began the tradition of U.S. college students going on Spring Break to the Caribbean. Recently, the Harvard Rugby Football Club released a film, ""Just"
"went to live with Gene and Hazel Waddell, for whom he did chores; they adopted him six years later. The Waddells were former vaudeville acrobats and encouraged Tom to take up gymnastics. Gene Waddell is one of the men in the famous photograph of acrobats balancing atop the Empire State Building. In high school, Tom Waddell excelled in athletics. Waddell attended Springfield College in Massachusetts on a track scholarship. Originally majoring in physical education, he switched to pre-medicine following the sudden death of his best friend and co-captain of the gymnastics team, an event that moved him deeply. At Springfield,"
"body bio mechanics. Dennis is a native of Arizona where he was a First Team All-Arizona quarterback for Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Gile was a two-year starter for the Central Missouri Mules from 2001 to 2002 and compiled outstanding numbers for the Mules program. During those two seasons, Gile recorded career totals of 4,741 passing yards and 40 touchdowns. He also rushed for 285 yards and three touchdowns. He was a First Team All-Conference quarterback. He broke the national passing efficiency record with a rating of 214.0. He led Central Missouri State to their best combined record in"
"winner of the Henry N. Lamar Award as the ""senior member of the Harvard Football squad who, through his dedication to the program and concern for his fellow man, has made a unique contribution to Harvard football."" In 1997, he earned his juris doctorate from the University of Missouri School of Law, where he was named to The Order of Barristers and was a member of the Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review. Following graduation, he served as a clerk for the Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals for a year, then entered private practice in Kansas City,"
"Carell, Ruth Gordon, John Krasinski, Edward Norton, Mark Wahlberg, and Matthew Perry. A full list of those from Massachusetts can be found here, and a listing of notable films and television series produced in the area here. Two popular American sports were invented in New England: basketball, invented by James Naismith (a Canadian) in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, and volleyball, invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Additionally, Walter Camp is credited with developing modern American football in New Haven, Connecticut, in the 1870s and 1880s. New Hampshire Motor Speedway is an oval racetrack that has hosted"
"""Metal Gear Solid"" (1998), and in the ""Fallout"" series (1997–2015). In the case of the ""Half-Life"" series, the main protagonist, Gordon Freeman, is an MIT graduate and has a PhD in Theoretical Physics. The Infocom game ""The Lurking Horror"" (1987), written by MIT alumnus and interactive fiction pioneer Dave Lebling, is set on the campus of the George Underwood Edwards Institute of Technology, which strongly resembles MIT. Its fictional culture also parodies the MIT culture. For instance, G.U.E. Tech's class ring is known as the ""brass hyrax"", parodying MIT's Brass Rat. In the ""Fallout"" games, MIT is known as the"
"Matt Moore, and New England Patriots cornerback Brandon Browner. They have won their conference championship five times. Oregon State men's soccer team's coach is Steve Simmons, formerly the head coach at Northern Illinois University. The golf teams practice and compete at Oregon State's own Trysting Tree Golf Club, a nationally recognized course that has held numerous tournaments. Oregon State has long been a powerhouse for men's rowing, providing 13 different athletes to the highest levels of rowing in the U.S. And over the past five years, a pair of former Beavers have represented America and the Oregon State rowing program"
"clubs. One athletic trivia note in Curry history: The Boston Patriots, now the 2015 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, used the Curry College football field for its in-season practice facility in 1967 while playing its home games in Fenway Park. During its year at Curry the Patriots were led by American Football League MVP Jim Nance, Hall of Fame member Nick Buoniconti and kicker and longtime Patriot announcer, Gino Cappelletti. Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino from Winchester and The Naval Academy was also a member of the Boston team as was Everett High School and Harvard University great, Bobby"
"arts, men's and women's rugby, sailing, men's and women's skiing and snowboarding, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's track and men's and women's volleyball. The Men's Rugby Football Club or Red Ruggers, established in 1963, is the longest continuously running sport club at Fairfield University. The Red Ruggers won the 2008 MET NY Rugby Football Union Division II Title and have produced two USA Rugby Collegiate All-Americans. Former Red Ruggers Paul Sheehy '81 competed for the USA Eagles at the 1991 Rugby World Cup and Will Brazier '05 competed for the United States national rugby league team at the"
"a Club"". Radcliffe, the women's team of Harvard, was founded in 1982. The Harvard athletic department announced that women’s rugby will become the university's 42nd varsity sport in the 2013-2014 season. Radcliffe were national champions in 1998. The Harvard Business School RFC is a rugby union team based at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Although affiliated with Harvard University, only graduate students compete on this team. Harvard and Radcliffe play their home matches on Roberto A. Mignone Field, located at Harvard's Soldiers Field Park. Harvard rugby The Harvard Rugby Football Club is a collegiate rugby team at Harvard College."